Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain claims for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection based on the criteria provided by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Right shoulder disability, Right-upper extremity scar, Right wrist disability, Bilateral hearing loss disability, Acquired psychiatric disability (variously claimed as anxiety, depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder), Pain of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093956
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